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The White Chair Gallery popped up in Deal last Saturday for it’s first public launch. Artists gathered with a wonderfully diverse array of white chairs, together with a piece of work each to exhibit.
Our first location was under the shade of large tree in the High Street, before moving on to outside the Astor theatre, with a final show to greet passengers disembarking from the Orient Express, which pulled in to Deal station early afternoon.
Many stopped to view the art on display and chat, while the impromptu gallery provided a great opportunity to bring art outside, into local public spaces. SEAS artists are now looking forward to the White Chairs gallery making its next exhibition tour.

A lone white chair from the White Chair gallery also appeared in Peene, Kent, last Sunday to join in the pop-up art show there.

A new gallery is coming to Deal – ‘The White Chair Gallery’.
Unlike a normal gallery this will be a ‘pop-up’ gallery.
Artists from Seas (South East ArtistS) will arrive at an agreed location, each carrying a piece of artwork and a white chair on which to display it. After a while the artists will take their work and the chairs and move to another site. Depending on the weather The White Chair Gallery hopes to have its first exhibition starting somewhere near the market in Deal on Saturday 18th August.

SEAS art group (searts.co.uk) holds its annual open studios event early July in conjunction with the Deal Festival of Music and the Arts. Artists throughout Walmer, Deal, Eastry and Hacklinge throw open their houses or studios to visitors during the three weekends: displaying their work and sharing their passion for art. The diverse range of artistic practices on show include 2D, 3D, painting, printmaking, collage, glass, cermaics and photography.

The catalogues for SEAS open studios 2012 are distributed throughout Deal, Kent and the surrounding areas. If you have not yet seen a copy, please download digital catalogue pdf here, containing details of all the artists taking part this year. Download a brochure/catalogue here

The catalogue for this years SEAS open studios is already printed and being distributed in Deal and surrounding areas. If you have not yet seen a copy, you are welcome to download a preview pdf here, which lists all the artists taking part.

The SEAS group will be exhibiting at the Horsebridge this April. In a show that brings together and celebrates the diversity of their work and practice, where each artist will showcase work that represents their individual approaches to art. The exhibition opens on April 10th, with a ‘Meet the Artists’ preview afternoon on Saturday 14th April from 2pm until 5pm, when many of the SEAS group will be present.

The exhibition will close on Monday 23rd April. There is free admission to both the Somerset Maugham Gallery & Gallery 2 space, which are open 10-6 daily. For details about the gallery & it’s location, please consult their website:horsebridge-centre.org.uk

The Folkestone Macmillan Art Show, is coming to Georges House Gallery, from Friday 17th to Tuesday 28th February 2012. It brings together a vibrant collection of work from over 40 talented, Kent-based artists with an affinity to Folkestone and the surrounding area. Georges House Gallery is located a few minutes from the picturesque harbour at the top of the seaside town’s famous windy, cobbled street. The gallery will be open 10am – 5pm every day for the duration of the show.

Applications are now open to SEAS artists wishing to take part in SEAS Open Studios 2012.
If you are interested please contact Marilyn Williams on 01304 363118 or marilyn@feet-first.co.uk or download a form by clicking here.

Are you interested in opening your studios to the public during the weekends of July? Its an opportunity for artists to show and sell their work.
This is an annual event as part of the Deal Festival of Music and Arts which has already attracted a huge following in previous years.

Applications are now open to SEAS artists wishing to take part in SEAS Open Studios 2012.

13 artists from Deal and the surrounding area throw open the doors of their studios and welcome visitors throughout the weekend. Winter open studios encourages you to follow our circular art trail that begins in Deal and finishes back in Walmer, taking in artists located in Hacklinge, Eastry, Dover and Martin Mill.

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SEAS is a self funding and voluntary organisation which promotes, supports and provides a network for our vibrant artistic community in Deal and surrounding areas. It was established in 2004 by a few artists and now has a membership of over 60 people, ranging from professional artists to those who are just interested in the arts.

For the past 13 years SEAS has organised a dynamic, stimulating and diverse Open Studios/ Art Trail event featuring new work by professional and amateur artists in conjunction with the Deal Festival of Music and Arts. This has partly been in response to the fact there is no central gallery space in Deal so artists have been creative and opened their own houses to exhibit their work and engage with the public. Sculpture, paintings, conceptual art, screen prints, jewellery, textiles, photography, ceramics, fused glass are all part of these eclectic, festive occasions.